Catalogue ID: HTRX004
Release Date: 2008
Label: Hacktrax
Stock Status: In Stock
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Reviews
The Waiting Room Online,
issue 70
An exquisitely crafted album - a delight to the ears from start to finish...
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Sheffield Telegraph
Ideal for listening on languid summer days or dreaming of them as Arctic winds blow in...
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Classic Rock Society
Wonderfully relaxing, especially for lovers of acoustic music
Prelude to Summer
"This album is a kind of homecoming as the guitar kindled my first love of music"
18 melodic pieces composed by John Hackett following on from his duo albums Sketches of Satie with Steve Hackett and Velvet Afternoon with pianist Sally Goodworth.
Here John plays both flute and guitar, joined by brother Steve and classical guitarist Chris Glassfield.
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Full Track List
1. Prelude to Summer
2. Nippy Tune
3. Duende
4. Le Chat Noir
5. Lonely Man
6. Six-Eight for Starters!
7. Love Lies Sleeping
8. Closure
9. Where Flowers Bloom Unseen
10. Tomorrow
11. Voices of the Sea
12. Twilight Forest
13. Ice Cream Waltz
14. Flight to Seville
15. Gaudi's Dream
16. Home
17. Velvet Dusk
18. June
Credits
John Hackett - Flute, alto Flute, Guitar
Steve Hackett - Guitar on tracks 3, 8 10 & 11
Christ Glassfield - Guitar on tracks 1, 9 & 17
Nick Magnus - Keyboards on tracks 3, 11, 12 & 15
All tracks composed and arranged by John Hackett
